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Eric Clapton – This Has Gotta Stop Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

ChordsAsus4 A F#m E D C#m Bm B Dmaj7 G Cmaj7 Am7 F C

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These are the chords for This Has Gotta Stop by Eric Clapton on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

[Intro]
Asus4 A
Asus4 A
Asus4 A
Asus4 A
F#m E A D C#m Bm
F#m E C#m A Bm D A

[Chorus]
               F#m  E
This has gotta stop
           A
Enough is enough
        D         C#m    Bm
I can't take this BS any longer
               F#m  E
It's gone far enough
                   C#m    A
If you wanna claim my soul
               Bm
You'll have to come and
      D         A
break down this door

[Verse 1]
  F#m                     E
I knew that something was going
on wrong
A
When you started
                D
laying down the law
F#m
I can't move my hands
E
I break out in sweat
A
I wanna cry
      B
Can't take it anymore

[Chorus]
               F#m  E
This has gotta stop
           A
Enough is enough
        D         C#m    Bm
I can't take this BS any longer
               F#m  E
It's gone far enough
                   C#m    A
If you wanna claim my soul
               Bm
You'll have to come and
      D         A
break down this door

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[Verse 2]
F#m
I've been around
E
Long long time
        A
Seen it all
                      D
And I'm used to being free
  F#m
I know who I am
E
Try to do what's right
   A              B
So lock me up and throw
away the key

[Chorus]
               F#m  E
This has gotta stop
           A
Enough is enough
        D         C#m    Bm
I can't take this BS any longer
               F#m  E
It's gone far enough
                   C#m    A
If you wanna claim my soul
               Bm
You'll have to come and
      D         A
break down this door

[Instrumental]
Dmaj7 G Cmaj7 Am7
F G G C
Dmaj7 G Cmaj7 Am7
F G A E
F#m E A D C#m Bm
F#m E C#m A Bm D A

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[Verse 3]
F#m               E
   Thinkin' of my kids

What's left for them
    A                       D
And then what's coming down the
road
F#m
The light in the tunnel
      E
Could be the southbound train
A
Lord, please help them
           B
with their load

[Chorus]
               F#m  E
This has gotta stop
           A
Enough is enough
        D         C#m    Bm
I can't take this BS any longer
               F#m  E
It's gone far enough
                   C#m    A
If you wanna claim my soul
               Bm
You'll have to come and
      D         A
break down this door
               F#m  E
This has gotta stop
           A
Enough is enough
        D         C#m    Bm
I can't take this BS any longer
               F#m  E
It's gone far enough
                   C#m    A
If you wanna claim my soul
               Bm
You'll have to come and
      D         A
break down this door

[Outro]
Asus4 A
Asus4 A    Asus4 A
(This door)
Asus4 A    Asus4 A
(This door)
Asus4 A
(This door)
            Asus4 A   Asus4 A
(Break down this door)
Asus4 A
(This door)
Asus4 A
(This door)
Asus4 A
(This door)
            Asus4 A   Asus4 A
(Break down this door)

How to play This Has Gotta Stop: key, chords and progression

This Has Gotta Stop by Eric Clapton is centred on A major (three sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯). The song uses 14 chords: Asus4, A, F#m, E, D, C#m, Bm, B, Dmaj7, G, Cmaj7 and Am7 and 2 more.

The progression the song keeps returning to is F#m – E – A – D (vi – V – I – IV in A major). In solfa, that is lah – soh – doh – fah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Good to know: F#m, C#m, Bm, B and F are played as barre or movable shapes on guitar. Practise the change into them slowly; on piano and ukulele the same chords are easier.